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HUDSON REPLIES TO CRISP’S CAMPAIGN
CIRCULAR |
To the Voters of the Third Con
gressional District:
On the last lap of the Congress
ional campaign my opponent, Mr,
Crisp, comes forward with a cirg
cular which he is mailing out tq
every voter in the district, and in
which, he gives the people a rea
hash of the various charges that
he has made against me in all of,
his speeches throughout the Dis
trict. This being Bis ULTIMA
TUM, and by the way, the only
campaign document that he has
seen fit to attach his signature to,
the public must presume that Mrs
Crisp bases his claims for elec:
tion on the ground therein con
tained. .
Before going into the discusy
sion of this circular, I deem it my
duty, as well as my good pleas
ure, to say to the people that, Mr.
Crisp has greatly modified his
charges, circularized over his sig
nature, when compared with his
previous public utterances. [For
o stance; heabsolutely abandoned
uld ]‘m-\inus charge, that during
JOO, last year of my administra
¢ 1€ as Commissioner of Agricul-
Mire [ squandered $llO,OOO of the
' Yate’s money. ‘This unusual and
“unthought- of accusation was
Chroperly met and refuted in the
Ulddress T issued to the people, in
€ramphlet form, some few weeks
Eago. In this address, I cited the
records of the Agricultural De
partment, giving the pages and
the calculations therein corporat
cd; 1 also incorporated the In
vestigating Committees’ report,
of which Mr. Crisp so strenuous
ly calls attention to, and all of
which uncontradictorially show
¢d that Mr. Crisp was in errof,
and had very unjustly held me up
before the people. To my reply,
in this connection, Mr. Crisp has
made no response, hence, one
must judge that silence, on his
part, is an admission of his guilt;
however, the people will have
tohe the aage s
Referring to Mr. Crisp’s Circular
Mr. Crisp, touching my legis
lative record, heads his circular,
as follows: “Attitude Towards
Corporations.” In all fairness, |
appeal to the intelligent citizenry,
and ask if this DOES NOT
SMACK OF A CHEAP, TIME
WORN article of demagoguery.
To cery out, “CORPORATIONS"
in order to arouse prejudice in the
minds of the masses against these
institutions, has been the tactics
resorted to by every. CHEAP
POLITICIAN for the past thirty
years.. The public has become so
thoroughly gorged on this “bam
boozal” until it is actually sickep
ing to the humblest farmer in the
Third Congressional District.
Every man in the District knows
that [ have never been connect
ed with any corporation, in any
shape or form, in my life, cxccpt‘
as a guano salesman; I never
.owned a dollar’s worth of stock in
a corporation in my life, and T
have no fear that my opponent
will convince the people that I
was a “hireling” of the corpora
tions while serving my | little
county, as best I could, in the
Georgia legislature fourteen years!
ago. 1 have fully and correctly”
stated my vote on these questions
in my address. In this same ad
dress, I gave my honest reasons
why 1 voted against local option,
and why I voted against the elec
tion of certain officers by popular
vage. These matters were before
the people more than fourtecn
years ago, and the leading think
ers of Georgia concurred in my
vote and opinion touching these
«questions at that time ,to the ex
tent that these measures were all
«defeated. I can now well call to
mind at least four of Georgia's
representatives in Congress who
entertained the same opinion and
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voted as I did on these questions.
As to local option, I care not to
| say further, than call the people’s
attention to the fact that so late
as 1906, a certain candidate for
Governor carried 120 counties, lo
cal option being one of the planks
in his platform. Shouldn’t this
be sufficient, Mr. Crisp, to make
| your “political post-mortem lig
uor thunder” sound downright
amusing?
Another reason assigned by Mr.
Crisp’s circular why I should not
be sent to Congress is, that I vot
ed in favor of FREE PASSES in
1904. He is right about this vot
ing, but all wrong in his assign
ment of reason why I should be
defeated. This was another meas
ure in which the legislature was
almost unanimously in favor of.
Mr. Crisp was also in favor of
this at that time, as he, together
with all the other Judges in the
state, were enjoying the privilege
of a FREE PASS, due to special
courtesies extended them by all
railroads. It might have been
wrong, which I now grant it was,
but all the BOYS WERE RID
ING, and they hated to give up
the FREE PASS. Besides, Con
gressmen from the Third District
for years and years used a free
pass. When Mr. Crisp first en
tered Congress, he was entitled to
One, and we presume he knew
‘\\'h:n course to pursuc to obtain
jit. This FREE PASS thunder is
just as CHEAP AND SILLY as
all the rest of Mr. Crisp’s com
plaints, and can’t possibly appeal
to anyone except those already in
sympathy with his cause.
I am also accused in this circu
lar of voting for a bill providing
for the “use of money to corrupt
elections” in 1897. This is the
first time I ever heard of such a
bill being before the lcgislaturc.l
The natural order of things,
measured by the rule of SELF
PRESERVATION, would have
caused me to oppose such a meas
‘ure had such ever come before
me ; for, my political strength has
always rested in the hands of true
and loyal friends; I have never
sought oftice, or been honored to
office, through or by the influence
of money ; I have never been bur
dencd with money to that extent.
Finally, Mr. Crisp’s circular
calls attention to the Ault Inves
tigating Committee, of my de
partment while Commissioner of
Agriculture, and cites the report
of this committee, as a reason
why [ should not be elected to
Congress. In this citation I whol
ly concur, and especially urge
that the people take Mr. Crisp's
advice and investigate this re
port. It can be found in full by
referring to the last four pages of
the address I issued to the people
a few days ago. On this report,
coming from my enemies, I am
willing to stake my whole official
career. Let the people read this
report and find the real truth. So
frantic in this connection has Mr.
Crisp grown, that he actually
calls attention to the fact that, by
cause of my rigid inspection sys
tem of fertilizers, 19 per cent of
the fertilizers fell below the stan
dard. Is it possible that he has
become so excited that he really
don’t know what side of the ar
gument to plant himself upon?
Should 1 be discredited, as Com
missioner, because I found by in
spection of the farmer’s fertili
zer that 19 per cent failed to come
up to the requirements of law?
Why, Mr. Crisp, that's what the
inspection of fertilizers are made
for, and to further enlighten you
on the subject, 1 can furnish you
a good number of names within
your own, and other counties,
who forfeited, by way of large re
bates, due to this discovery
through my inspection system.
THE LEADER ENTERPRISI. AND PRESS, WEDNESD\Y, SEP? EMBER 6, 1916.
In his circular, he doés not at
tempt to give any insight to the
record he has made while serving
you as Congressman. I have ney
er criticised his record while m
Congress. I have always prefer;r-‘
ed to give him credit for doiqg‘
‘his very best. The people know
‘what he has done, and it is in
their hands that our cause must
rest. My chief aim and effort in
life, has ever been, to help buildl
up my fellow man wherever‘and‘
whenever I could find an ocppor
tunity to say a good word for.
him. Tam proud of the fact, that
my friends can say of me, that it
has never been my policy in life
to tear down the good name df
any man. ‘
Now, Fellow Citizens, in the
summary, if the reasons assigngd
in Mr.. Crisp’s circdlar, which. I
have here discussed, together
with his many other unfair meth
ods, of the “Joseph East” type,
the circulation of his picture on a
Post Card carrying the BROAD
SIDE charge that CERTAIN big
INTERESTS ARE THRYING
TO DEFEAT HIM FOR
ELECTION, which means that
he charges this BIG INTEREST
is backing me, without so much
as intimating what this INTER
EST is, comprised HIS CHIEF
CLAIM: on Wyour suffrage for
election ; then T ask, how can you
pronounce it sufficient for the
purpose intended? Does it meas
ure un to the STANDARD OF
AN IDEAL (‘()N(;RT{SSA\I;\I\'?’
OR PORTRAY ANY OF THE
BELEMIENIS OF R EAL
STATESMANSHIP? ;
Respectiully,
T. G. HUDSON.
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TOBACCO EXPERIMENTS A
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Messrs. Minglegorff and Evans
who had ten acres each in tobacco
this season have just received
their returns from South Caro
lina, to which state they shipped
their crop of about 16,000 pounds,
The average price received was
something over 14c per pound,
making the yield per acre $70.00.
The success these two growers
have met with in the growing
and selling of this year’s crop
will encourage a number of other
farmers to join thém in a larger
acreage for next season. In con
versation with Mr. Mingledorff
we learned that a considerable
better price could have been had
for the crop if enough had been
grown in the county to secure
a local market as in shipping the
tobacco lost considerable in hand
ling. One thousand pounds per
acre can be easily grown here and
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est possible price for the grade,
SIOG per acre could be made on
the land.
At the council meeting Monday
night an order was passed to sell
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eral vears. The property will be
sold at thie city hall the first Tues
day in October.
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U T T T e T T HAR SPO
TO THE VOTERS OF THE
THIRD CONGRESSION
AL DISTRICT |
I hereby respectfully announce
my candidacy for re-election as
your Representative in the Sixty-
Fiith (65) Congress, subject to
the Primary to be held Septem
ber 12
During the short time I have
been your congressman, I have
sincerely endeavored to serve you
faithfully, and if my efforts and
record meet with your approval, I
will feel greatly honored and pro
foundly grateful if you will give‘
me your support in the coming
election. Congress has been ini
almost continuous session s'mcei
you elected me, and duty required
me to stay here, which prevent
ed me from visiting you as often
as I wished. The Ways and
Means Committee is now daily
working on a Revenue measure;
being on that committee, I must
remain here until the new tax law
is pasesd. As soon as Congress
adjourns, or before then, if public
business will permit me to leave,
[ expect to canvass the District,
meet the people personally, and
talk to them face to face, both in
dividaully and on the stump.
If re-elected, I promise to dis
charge the duties of the great of
fice with fidelity, and to the best
of my ability.
- From the depths of my heart I
thank you for your past kindness
to me.
Cordially yours,
Dd-Sep-19. Charles R. Crisp.
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LAST EXCURSICN
On September 19th, the A. B.
& A. Railway will operate its
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NOTICE OF ORDER FOR
LEAVE TO SELL LAND
ro All Whom It May Concern;
Notice is hereby given that ap
plication will be made to the
Court of Ordinary of Ben Hill
County, Georgia, at the first reg
ular term after the expiration of
thirty days from this notice for
leave to sell a portion of the land
belonging to the estate of M. B.
Coffee for the purpose of paying
the debts of the said estate. This
the 4th day of September, 1916.
A B, COFFE,
D. B. NICHOLSON, JR.,
Co-Administrators Estate of
M. B. Coftee. 4t
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WITH PHEASANTS
Memphis, Tenn., Sept. 4.
Phillip Castang, superintendent
of the Zoological gardens here,
believes he has solved the boll
weevil plague which every year
costs cotton growers of the South
thousands of dollars.
Castang placed 100 pheasants
in a 100-acre cotton field near
here last week. Today he made
an examination of the field and
found the birds had clear] . .t
completely of boll weevifs. ‘[hey
were immediately set to work in,
a 300-acre field and started in
with a vigor that bids fair to rid
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WILSON PRAISED BY THE
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Atlanta, Ga., Sept. 4.—The
railroad brotherhoods here held a
big rally and celebration yester
day at the Red Men’s hall at
which President Wilson was eu
logized for “the stand he has tak
en in behalf of the laboring people
of the country.” The meeting
was presided over by Louis Mar
quardt, president of the Georgia
Federation of Labor. About 400
attended.
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